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Busy Life

Busy Life

Thomas Freeman

This photograph was taken at UON during one of my photography classes. We were experimenting with shooting in manual mode, and I wanted to see if I could try to do a long-exposure of someone walking. This one turned out to be pretty excellent, as I had timed it right and so the composition seemed pretty balanced. I love that the longer shutter speed creates a narrative surrounding the subject of the photo. He appears in a hurry to get to his destination; whether that is his next class or to do something social in his free time. I think that it reflects the lives that students have, in that we are really busy when we are studying and that we do often lose focus of ourselves when university becomes overwhelming and we do feel like we are disappearing. In the end, we as students do overcome the struggle and the feelings of success and reward always act as a wonderful incentive